Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

February 7th, 20191h 23min

Documentary
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Overview

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.


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